Marine equipment

In adopting the report by Mr Nikitas KAKLAMANIS (RDE, G), Parliament amended the common position of the Council on a Directive on marine equipment. Parliament proposed inter alia: - that the Member States should ensure that the bodies which they appoint as notified bodies provide all the necessary guarantees of independence from the manufacturers or suppliers of the equipment which they are evaluating; - deletion of the exemption for radiocommunications equipment; - that the Commission be assisted by an advisory committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. �